Different consumer organizations focus on their interventions related to Virgin Olive Oil (VOO). Sometimes they carry out random checks with unsatisfactory results. In one of the last studies that we carried out at ESAO on samples sold in 8 supermarkets and large stores,...

Deciding to embark on the olive sector and specifically the sale of olive oil is not an easy or straightforward path since it is probably the most stressed link in the entire value chain of the olive industry. We cannot consider the sale of oil as an act in itself, but it is...

  The incidence of the different diseases and pests of the olive tree that can arise in an olive grove or even in a single individual, depends on the following factors: Variety Microclimate Macroclimate Soil Management

The olive oil sector is a sector of extraordinary relevance in countries of the Mediterranean basin, since they are producing countries. However, this relevance is increasing in non-producing or low-production countries. This importance of the olive oil sector is not only from...

Generally, the less extreme the summer and winter temperatures, and the higher the relative humidity throughout the year, the higher the incidence of pests and diseases in the olive grove. The olive grove on the coast tends to have many more pests and diseases than the olive...

This is a question that should be asked by anyone who wants to be part of the olive oil industry. Setting up an olive oil company or having your own olive oil business is an interesting decision.

Of all the fats consumed in the world, olive oil represents approximately 2% of the rest of the fats consumed. This data means that the market share that olive oil has left to enter homes, 98%, is really a business opportunity.

When we talk about marketing olive oil, like any other agri-food product, you must follow the current legislation of the country in question. However, in most countries, you need some basic requirements that in some cases will have to be adapted.

Becoming an expert in olive oil is not an easy task, since the olive oil industry is made up of a multitude of areas or variables, all of them different but closely related to each other.

In the first place, what we have to know before talking about the differences between the different types of pruning is that the hierarchical premises that govern pruning are: Adapt the structure of the olive tree to the way of harvesting Maximize lighting Maximize the leaf /...